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Hi there!
I am building a wordpress site locally using a localhost (localbyflywheel, or just ‘local as they call themselves now)
I want to send email from this local wordpress site to my gmail account so that I can test forms etc.
I have installed WP mail SMTP and followed these instruction https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-receive-wordpress-emails-from-localhost/
This didn’t work.
I then tried setting up Google API and OAuth – this didn’t work either
Whenever i send a test email from my wordpress site using WP mail SMTP I get the following message:
“Could not authenticate your SMTP account.
This means we were able to connect to your SMTP host, but were not able to proceed using the email/password in the settings.
Typically this error is returned when the email or password is not correct or is not what the SMTP host is expecting.
Recommended next steps:
Triple check your SMTP settings including host address, email, and password. If you have recently reset your password you will need to update the settings.
Contact your SMTP host to confirm you are using the correct username and password.
Verify with your SMTP host that your account has permissions to send emails using outside connections.”
I can assure that everything has been entered correctly in terms of my username and password for my gmail….
Can someone please help ?
Thanks!
